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In 2022, he was threatened with jail for continuing the activities of the banned political organization, [[Vereniging MARTIJN]], which ceased operation before he became active as a campaigner. He has been known leave the Netherlands at various points, and this has sometimes characterized as "fleeing" the country in light of his legal struggles. In 2022, it was revealed that he was seeking political asylum in Mexico, following the inconclusive results of the above-mentioned trial in the Netherlands.<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/user/Nelson Nelson: FST]</ref> He has since been arrested, and appears to have lost control of the information narrative surrounding his case, making occasional posts on FreeSpeechTube appealing for help. His dramatic ensnarement was carried out in front of multiple camera men, and his arrest was aided at the operational level by an NGO with suspected links to Q-Anon, and followed by multiple inaccurate and defamatory news articles.
In 2022, he was threatened with jail for continuing the activities of the banned political organization, [[Vereniging MARTIJN]], which ceased operation before he became active as a campaigner. He has been known leave the Netherlands at various points, and this has sometimes characterized as "fleeing" the country in light of his legal struggles. In 2022, it was revealed that he was seeking political asylum in Mexico, following the inconclusive results of the above-mentioned trial in the Netherlands.<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/user/Nelson Nelson: FST]</ref> He has since been arrested, and appears to have lost control of the information narrative surrounding his case, making occasional posts on FreeSpeechTube appealing for help. His dramatic ensnarement was carried out in front of multiple camera men, and his arrest was aided at the operational level by an NGO with suspected links to Q-Anon, and followed by multiple inaccurate and defamatory news articles.


Since his arrest, multiple unverified accounts and reports concerning Nelson Maatman have emerged. Newgon is in the process of contacting Maatman's lawyer to verify said accounts.
Since his arrest, multiple accounts and reports concerning Nelson Maatman and his daily life have emerged from a third party who has control his channel on FreeSpeechTube. Nelson's support network back in the Netherlands have confirmed that they are in touch with Nelson, have verified that it is not an impersonator, and that the third party running the FST channel is in touch with Nelson.


==Background==
==Background==
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====Resumed account activity on FST====
====Resumed account activity on FST====


Since his incarceration, Maatman has allegedly communicated with a "third party", who has in turn posted to Free Speech Tube using Maatman's account. ''There is at this point, no confirmation (from any lawyer, person close to Nelson, or Nelson himself) that Nelson is aware of these messages, or endorses their content.'' According to the account, all the allegations are false, and Maatman was set-up by [[Operation Underground Railroad|Tim Ballard]].<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/18p4 FST Text - Nelson Maatman]</ref><ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/197v Nelson's Tim Ballard accusation on FST (3rd party account)]</ref><ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/1992 Nelson's (3rd party account) 2022 Arrest Testimony from 2023 on FST]</ref><ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/199b Jan 2023 Nelson Q&A on FST]</ref><ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/19bm Nelson's (3rd party account) Asylum Request - 2023 testimony on FST]</ref> The account denies he was raped, but alleges mistreatment. The account has at points relayed a somewhat harsher interpretation of Maatman's experiences, including some arguably fantastical elements such as a celebration of Nazism among the Mexican Police, an unlikely fight scene, and Nelson's sexual relations.<ref><small>"As I look up I see about 10 inmates with pipes and sticks, ready to attack me. They drag the guy away. They're yelling at me. I'm pissed off as hell. "Which one of you motherfuckers wants to fight me next? Come at me friend!" I yell at them in Spanish. They point their weapons at me, but each one that comes near I toss to the floor. One guy throws a wooden beam at me. He misses and it lands at my feet. I pick it up. Walk to the guy, grab his collar and raise the beam above him. "What are you doing? You just gave me a weapon you fucking idiot." I say in Spanish. I push the guy to the other inmates and toss the wooden beam away. "Go! Leave!" I yell in Spanish. They finally listen. [...] Then there is this cute as fuck 19-year-old Mexican guy. It takes me so much effort to understand anything he's saying. My Spanish sucks, I mainly know how to verbally fight, how to swear and scold people. I want to say sweet things to him, but on the other hand I don't want to talk about the future, he obviously does. Maybe not being able to talk about much has it's benefits. We go to the prison gym, there is a place where we can have some privacy. He's sweet, and has quite the ... appetite."</small> seen in [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/19hs FST, 23 Jan, 2023]</ref> Former colleagues have publicly doubted the veracity of claims made via the account, be they from Maatman or elsewhere, but have importantly not questioned his innocence, deeming him largely incapable of organizing within criminal circles.<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/18xp Nelson's (3rd party account) 3rd text post incarceration]</ref> Owing to the scarcity of reliable evidence, Maatman could be deported to The Netherlands, without charges being initiated in Mexico, but according to the account, this would require legal and financial assistance.<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/18rj Nelson's (3rd party account) 2nd text post incarceration]</ref>
Since his incarceration, Maatman has communicated with a "third party", who has in turn posted to Free Speech Tube using Maatman's account. According to Nelson, all the allegations are false, and he was set-up by [[Operation Underground Railroad|Tim Ballard]].<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/18p4 FST Text - Nelson Maatman]</ref><ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/197v Nelson's Tim Ballard accusation on FST (3rd party account)]</ref><ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/1992 Nelson's (3rd party account) 2022 Arrest Testimony from 2023 on FST]</ref><ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/199b Jan 2023 Nelson Q&A on FST]</ref><ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/19bm Nelson's (3rd party account) Asylum Request - 2023 testimony on FST]</ref> He denies he was raped, but alleges mistreatment. The account has at points relayed a somewhat harsher interpretation of Maatman's experiences, in a series of dramatic accounts of daily life. These include celebration of Nazism among the Mexican Police, an unlikely fight scene, and accounts of  Nelson's sexual relations.<ref><small>"As I look up I see about 10 inmates with pipes and sticks, ready to attack me. They drag the guy away. They're yelling at me. I'm pissed off as hell. "Which one of you motherfuckers wants to fight me next? Come at me friend!" I yell at them in Spanish. They point their weapons at me, but each one that comes near I toss to the floor. One guy throws a wooden beam at me. He misses and it lands at my feet. I pick it up. Walk to the guy, grab his collar and raise the beam above him. "What are you doing? You just gave me a weapon you fucking idiot." I say in Spanish. I push the guy to the other inmates and toss the wooden beam away. "Go! Leave!" I yell in Spanish. They finally listen. [...] Then there is this cute as fuck 19-year-old Mexican guy. It takes me so much effort to understand anything he's saying. My Spanish sucks, I mainly know how to verbally fight, how to swear and scold people. I want to say sweet things to him, but on the other hand I don't want to talk about the future, he obviously does. Maybe not being able to talk about much has it's benefits. We go to the prison gym, there is a place where we can have some privacy. He's sweet, and has quite the ... appetite."</small> seen in [https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/19hs FST, 23 Jan, 2023]</ref> Former colleagues have publicly doubted the veracity of some claims made via the account, and his fundraising efforts, but have importantly not questioned his innocence, deeming him largely incapable of organizing within criminal circles.<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/18xp Nelson's (3rd party account) 3rd text post incarceration]</ref> Owing to the scarcity of reliable evidence, Maatman could be deported to The Netherlands, without charges being initiated in Mexico, but according to the account, this would require legal and financial assistance.<ref>[https://www.freespeechtube.org/v/18rj Nelson's (3rd party account) 2nd text post incarceration]</ref>


==External Links==
==External Links==

Revision as of 13:36, 29 January 2023

Nelson Maatman
Campaign poster: see inside for Spanish version

Nelson Maatman is a young, second-wave MAP activist from the Netherlands, nonexclusive boylover and former chair of the dissolved PNVD. He is currently incarcerated in Mexico.

In 2022, he was threatened with jail for continuing the activities of the banned political organization, Vereniging MARTIJN, which ceased operation before he became active as a campaigner. He has been known leave the Netherlands at various points, and this has sometimes characterized as "fleeing" the country in light of his legal struggles. In 2022, it was revealed that he was seeking political asylum in Mexico, following the inconclusive results of the above-mentioned trial in the Netherlands.[1] He has since been arrested, and appears to have lost control of the information narrative surrounding his case, making occasional posts on FreeSpeechTube appealing for help. His dramatic ensnarement was carried out in front of multiple camera men, and his arrest was aided at the operational level by an NGO with suspected links to Q-Anon, and followed by multiple inaccurate and defamatory news articles.

Since his arrest, multiple accounts and reports concerning Nelson Maatman and his daily life have emerged from a third party who has control his channel on FreeSpeechTube. Nelson's support network back in the Netherlands have confirmed that they are in touch with Nelson, have verified that it is not an impersonator, and that the third party running the FST channel is in touch with Nelson.

Background

Maatman first came to the public's attention after he sought to make an appearance at Amsterdam’s annual Pride march in the summer of 2019. He had devised a social experiment whereby he attempted to bring back the tradition of advocating for minor and MAP rights at Pride events. Maatman has taken part in a number of "pride walks" carrying a flag that bares the CLogo. He has been officially barred from pride events however, and has since appealed to human rights organizations. Maatman also took part in a viral television interview, in which he made provocative statements about sexual relationships between adults and minors.[2] Soon-after this interview, he was arrested under statutes on illegal images, but no solid evidence has thus far been indicated.

2021 Prosecution

In March 2021, Marthijn Uittenbogaard announced that he, Maatman, Norbert de Jonge and Ad van den Berg were being prosecuted for allegedly participating in a criminal organization. The evidence offered by the prosecution was spurious, alleging that Twitter comments and the maintenance of an academic archive constituted the continuation of an organization deemed 'criminal' under a highly controversial Dutch law.[3] On 12 March, 2022, a Dutch court sentenced both De Jonge and Uittenbogaard to prison for continuing Martijn's political activities. Maatman had to be assigned new judges because of a mistake by the district court, but then left the country and openly sought asylum in Mexico, residing at an address in Mexico City for 3-4 months.[4] It later emerged that Uittenbogaard and and his partner had also fled for South America, but in a more covert manner - not disclosing their location.

Dramatic arrest in Mexico, and prospects of deportation

On 5 June, 2022, 27 year old Maatman was arrested near his address in Mexico City, following an early March press-release, petition and social media campaign from the Netherlands-based Free A Girl Foundation, in which unsupported statements were made about him.[5][6][7][8] A pro-conspiratorialist trafficking charity, Operation Underground Railroad have also been mentioned in some reports as a "partner" of Free A Girl, and claim to have carried out a sting on Maatman and then provided a sniffer dog for use at his apartment.[9][10] News reports then erroneously claimed that he was a suspected "child predator" who "founded" the PNVD (in fact set up in 2006, when he was 11 years old). The Daily Mail and Newsweek also suggested Maatman (at that point broke and known only as an activist) was thought to be leader of a far-reaching Youth Erotica ring - echoing the claims of Mexican authorities. Police claimed to have initially found cocaine and a gun on Maatman. The dog - property of the aforementioned conspiratorialist trafficking charity, was said to have located large amounts of Youth Erotica in "hard to reach places" after a warrant was obtained for a search on Maatman's apartment.[11] These claims might be somewhat questionable given Maatman would have been aware he was at risk. Mexican Law Enforcement are notoriously corrupt, and this is known to extend to planting evidence on suspects that matches their "suspicious behavior".[12]

One-time associate, Norbert de Jonge stated in a comment thread that the accusations re. drugs and gun possession are likely to be correct. Maatman has produced videos in the past suggesting that he was planning to purchase a gun (in Mexico) in order to protect himself. De Jonge agreed (in comments that are no longer visible, due to his own legal troubles) that CP evidence may well have been planted. The claim that Maatman was somehow leader of a Child Porn trading operation is thought to be highly implausible by those closest to him. In the years leading up to his arrest, Maatman's online activity consisted of posting his face, full identity and thoughts on a public website (Free Speech Tube) originally set up by a friend (De Jonge). He seemingly took this upon himself for the benefit of only 500 views and 6-8 "likes" per video, and yet is accused of also running a covert trading operation on a grand scale.

Gallery

  • Free A Girl Social Media Activity as of 01 Mar, accompanied by petition template
    Free A Girl Social Media Activity as of 01 Mar, accompanied by petition template

Defamatory article at Reduxx.info

On June 11, Reduxx, a radical-feminist alt-news website co-founded by Anna Slatz, (an admirer of Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard), released a defamatory article that claimed Maatman had been seeking to "purchase a child". This claim was made without further substantiation.[13] These claims are probably based upon statements made by Mexican Public Prosecutor Laura Angelina Borbolla Moreno - said in turn, to be based upon the unsubstantiated words of an "anonymous reporter" in an earlier story.[14]

Other misinformation/defamation

It has variously been claimed in "news" sources that Maatman is the "Founder of a Children's Liberation Front", and was caught "making an [sic] grownup video with a toddler". At one point, mainstream news sources such as the UK's Daily Mail started referring to him as "Jason Maatman".[15] In late June, 2022, Maatman was again mentioned in media stories, following the further arrests of PNVD old-guard who had fled to Ecuador. In this instance, it was alleged that Maatman was involved in the grand-scale orchestration of Child Sexual Abuse in the country, despite having left for Central and South America, only months earlier.[16] In July, one suspect News Site claimed that Maatman had been raped in his jail cell, although this appears to be based on claims from his lawyer that he was facing "immoral humiliations".[17][18]

Resumed account activity on FST

Since his incarceration, Maatman has communicated with a "third party", who has in turn posted to Free Speech Tube using Maatman's account. According to Nelson, all the allegations are false, and he was set-up by Tim Ballard.[19][20][21][22][23] He denies he was raped, but alleges mistreatment. The account has at points relayed a somewhat harsher interpretation of Maatman's experiences, in a series of dramatic accounts of daily life. These include celebration of Nazism among the Mexican Police, an unlikely fight scene, and accounts of Nelson's sexual relations.[24] Former colleagues have publicly doubted the veracity of some claims made via the account, and his fundraising efforts, but have importantly not questioned his innocence, deeming him largely incapable of organizing within criminal circles.[25] Owing to the scarcity of reliable evidence, Maatman could be deported to The Netherlands, without charges being initiated in Mexico, but according to the account, this would require legal and financial assistance.[26]

External Links

  • Tom O'Carroll - With some information in English - source used in this article.

References

  1. ↑ Nelson: FST
  2. ↑ YouTube (Dutch) and English Translation
  3. ↑ I am being prosecuted - Marthijn.nl Archive
  4. ↑ NL Times - Court Decision
  5. ↑ Free a Girl petition
  6. ↑ Free a Girl Press Release as of 01 Mar
  7. ↑ Dutch 'pedophile', 27, who set up party that tried to legalize adults having sex with 12-year-olds is arrested in Mexico after being 'found with a gun, cocaine and child porn' - Daily Mail
  8. ↑ Newsweek Article on arrest in Mexico
  9. ↑ OUR Facebook update
  10. ↑ USA Today on OUR's electronic sniffer dog, "Hidu"
  11. ↑ Story from AP/USA Today claims porn found in "hard to reach places" by a dog belonging to a questionable NGO
  12. ↑ Colom' Tribune - Mexican Police Corruption
  13. ↑ Reduxx: Dutch “Pro-Pedophilia” Activist Arrested in Mexico After Attempting to Purchase Child
  14. ↑ NL Times article, with "purchasing an adolescent" claims.
  15. ↑ "Jason Maatman" error and archive
  16. ↑ Translation: Leiden Pedophile Marthijn U. arrested in Ecuador, lured village children to his hotel on the coast
  17. ↑ "Rape" claim (in Dutch).
  18. ↑ Dutch News article in which Hiddema (Maatman's Lawyer) is quoted on contact made with Nelson
  19. ↑ FST Text - Nelson Maatman
  20. ↑ Nelson's Tim Ballard accusation on FST (3rd party account)
  21. ↑ Nelson's (3rd party account) 2022 Arrest Testimony from 2023 on FST
  22. ↑ Jan 2023 Nelson Q&A on FST
  23. ↑ Nelson's (3rd party account) Asylum Request - 2023 testimony on FST
  24. ↑ "As I look up I see about 10 inmates with pipes and sticks, ready to attack me. They drag the guy away. They're yelling at me. I'm pissed off as hell. "Which one of you motherfuckers wants to fight me next? Come at me friend!" I yell at them in Spanish. They point their weapons at me, but each one that comes near I toss to the floor. One guy throws a wooden beam at me. He misses and it lands at my feet. I pick it up. Walk to the guy, grab his collar and raise the beam above him. "What are you doing? You just gave me a weapon you fucking idiot." I say in Spanish. I push the guy to the other inmates and toss the wooden beam away. "Go! Leave!" I yell in Spanish. They finally listen. [...] Then there is this cute as fuck 19-year-old Mexican guy. It takes me so much effort to understand anything he's saying. My Spanish sucks, I mainly know how to verbally fight, how to swear and scold people. I want to say sweet things to him, but on the other hand I don't want to talk about the future, he obviously does. Maybe not being able to talk about much has it's benefits. We go to the prison gym, there is a place where we can have some privacy. He's sweet, and has quite the ... appetite." seen in FST, 23 Jan, 2023
  25. ↑ Nelson's (3rd party account) 3rd text post incarceration
  26. ↑ Nelson's (3rd party account) 2nd text post incarceration
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